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Volume C, Number 35
University of Southern California
Monday, March 3, 1986
SENATE BYLAW CHANCE
Program Board to gain self-governing powers
By Roseanne Tellez
Assistant City Editor
The Program Board will now have more operational autonomy following the passage of a Student Senate bylaw amendment last Wednesday.
The revision of Article III of the USC Student Senate Constitution Bylaws was seen as a major victory by the Program Board, in light of the senate controversy surrounding its passage.
Michael Palmieri, Program Board chairman, and Alexander Koleszar, administrative chairman, wrote the amendment and addressed the senate last Wednesday night to urge senators to accept it.
They said they had "received complaints that the existing bylaws were outdated and ineffective."
They distributed to senators a list of questions and answers about the amendment and used a chart to illustrate what the the effects of the changes would be.
Koleszar said that the primary changes were organizational and operational. "All budget items will still reside within senate," he said.
"We feel financial accountability is essential, but operational accountability should reside with the executive branch of the Program Board," he said.
"You're dealing with honest, up-front people who simply want to see a process streamlined/' Koleszar said, as senators broke into laughter.
After a lengthy discussion, senators voted to change some of the wording in the new amendment.
The amendment gave the Student Senate Executive Committee the power to approve all changes in the Program Board's bylaws or organization, until the senate voted to revise it.
Concerned that members of the Executive Committee are not elected and, therefore, should not be allowed to vote on these types of issues, senators voted to redelegate that power to the full senate.
Koleszar, noting the skepticism of some senators, asked, "How many of you have taken the time to look at this (the old Program Board bylines)?" He said, "It looks like a piece of toilet paper."
When one senator suggested that the senate postpone voting on the proposal for at least one week, Koleszar said they had ignored the situation long enough.
(Continued on page 7)
ROCCO GARCIADA1LY TROJAN
Eric Lee displays his Hwa Rang Do expertise at Asian Pacific Heritage Festival exhibition Friday in front of Tommy Trojan. Asian celebration ’86 continues this week with Councilman Michael Woo speaking in Hancock Auditorium at noon.
Security to give bicycle citations
Special task force formed
By Gerhard Taeubel
Staff Writer
Frustrated by a large number of violations, University Security officials announced Friday that they are abandoning their policy of issuing warnings to violators of scooter and bicycle codes and instead, will begin issuing citations today.
A special task force has been organized to crack down on individuals who speed on mopeds and bicycles in the university's mall area where Trousdale Parkway and Child's Way intersect, said Dennis Archambault, security's special project administrator.
Under pressure from faculty, staff and students to take harsher actions against violators, officials said they hope that the new policy will force scooters out of the central mall area and deter bicyclists from speeding.
University regulations prohibit mopeds from driving or parking on the mall.
"We're finally at the point now where we need to take stronger action," said Carl Levredge, University Security director.
Until today security officers had followed a policy of only issuing warnings and distributing information intended to alert violators to university scooter and bicycle regulations.
This method proved to be largely ineffective, officials said, and the new policy of issuing $10 citations was adopted.
Archambault said that since the beginning of the semester, when the educational approach was first initiated, eight people were issued six warnings each. Each time the warnings were ignored.
"These (eight people) are forcing us into action," he said. "The few have now forced the issue. The people are just fed up with it."
Levredge said security will continue to crack down on violators until there is "a marked decrease" in the number of bicycle offenses, and until scooter operators begin complying with rules which prohibit them from driving through the mall.
"We will be out there in force next week, for as long as it takes," he said. "Our purpose here is not to generate revenue, but to bring this problem under control."
The large number of pedestrians, bicycles and mopeds in the mall has "really caused great alarm," Levredge said. "Congestion causes a safety problem."
Archambault said that a broad constituency was upset with se-
(Continued on page 6)
Apartheid resolution passed
Senate asks for complete divestment
By Tania Soussan
Staff Writer
The Student Senate passed a resolution last Wednesday night, calling for complete divestment from all companies that "profit from. . .apartheid," despite charges that it had already passed similar resolutions in the past.
The resolution, which "calls for and supports complete divestment by the university from all companies. . .that directly or indirectly profit from the oppressive practice of apartheid," passed with 11 votes in favor, 3 against with 8 abstentions.
Sponsoring senators felt that the resolution was needed to bring the issue out and establish a clear policy for the senate to work from. Opponents believed that following up on past resolutions, which they claim made similar statements, would be more productive.
Lilly Araya, a student community senator, called the resolution "a bridge between what has been done in the past and what will be done in the future" and said she supported it because she "knew it was going to get senate riled up enough (to prompt action), like it did Wednesday."
"There have been resolutions,
but none of them said to divest," said Phil Clement, senator and chairman of the senate's South African Task Force.
However, Mark Decker, one of the three senators who voted against it, said, 'The problem
with the resolution was that it made a statement we had made in the past.
"When you pass another resolution saying the exact same thing, it's like you're spinning (Continued on page 10)
Apartheid protesters holding a study-in In “Tutu Hall” — as Bovard was renamed — last spring. One year later, the Student Senate has passed a resolution officially endorsing divestment of South African holdings.

dM!
trojan
Volume C, Number 35
University of Southern California
Monday, March 3, 1986
SENATE BYLAW CHANCE
Program Board to gain self-governing powers
By Roseanne Tellez
Assistant City Editor
The Program Board will now have more operational autonomy following the passage of a Student Senate bylaw amendment last Wednesday.
The revision of Article III of the USC Student Senate Constitution Bylaws was seen as a major victory by the Program Board, in light of the senate controversy surrounding its passage.
Michael Palmieri, Program Board chairman, and Alexander Koleszar, administrative chairman, wrote the amendment and addressed the senate last Wednesday night to urge senators to accept it.
They said they had "received complaints that the existing bylaws were outdated and ineffective."
They distributed to senators a list of questions and answers about the amendment and used a chart to illustrate what the the effects of the changes would be.
Koleszar said that the primary changes were organizational and operational. "All budget items will still reside within senate," he said.
"We feel financial accountability is essential, but operational accountability should reside with the executive branch of the Program Board," he said.
"You're dealing with honest, up-front people who simply want to see a process streamlined/' Koleszar said, as senators broke into laughter.
After a lengthy discussion, senators voted to change some of the wording in the new amendment.
The amendment gave the Student Senate Executive Committee the power to approve all changes in the Program Board's bylaws or organization, until the senate voted to revise it.
Concerned that members of the Executive Committee are not elected and, therefore, should not be allowed to vote on these types of issues, senators voted to redelegate that power to the full senate.
Koleszar, noting the skepticism of some senators, asked, "How many of you have taken the time to look at this (the old Program Board bylines)?" He said, "It looks like a piece of toilet paper."
When one senator suggested that the senate postpone voting on the proposal for at least one week, Koleszar said they had ignored the situation long enough.
(Continued on page 7)
ROCCO GARCIADA1LY TROJAN
Eric Lee displays his Hwa Rang Do expertise at Asian Pacific Heritage Festival exhibition Friday in front of Tommy Trojan. Asian celebration ’86 continues this week with Councilman Michael Woo speaking in Hancock Auditorium at noon.
Security to give bicycle citations
Special task force formed
By Gerhard Taeubel
Staff Writer
Frustrated by a large number of violations, University Security officials announced Friday that they are abandoning their policy of issuing warnings to violators of scooter and bicycle codes and instead, will begin issuing citations today.
A special task force has been organized to crack down on individuals who speed on mopeds and bicycles in the university's mall area where Trousdale Parkway and Child's Way intersect, said Dennis Archambault, security's special project administrator.
Under pressure from faculty, staff and students to take harsher actions against violators, officials said they hope that the new policy will force scooters out of the central mall area and deter bicyclists from speeding.
University regulations prohibit mopeds from driving or parking on the mall.
"We're finally at the point now where we need to take stronger action," said Carl Levredge, University Security director.
Until today security officers had followed a policy of only issuing warnings and distributing information intended to alert violators to university scooter and bicycle regulations.
This method proved to be largely ineffective, officials said, and the new policy of issuing $10 citations was adopted.
Archambault said that since the beginning of the semester, when the educational approach was first initiated, eight people were issued six warnings each. Each time the warnings were ignored.
"These (eight people) are forcing us into action," he said. "The few have now forced the issue. The people are just fed up with it."
Levredge said security will continue to crack down on violators until there is "a marked decrease" in the number of bicycle offenses, and until scooter operators begin complying with rules which prohibit them from driving through the mall.
"We will be out there in force next week, for as long as it takes," he said. "Our purpose here is not to generate revenue, but to bring this problem under control."
The large number of pedestrians, bicycles and mopeds in the mall has "really caused great alarm," Levredge said. "Congestion causes a safety problem."
Archambault said that a broad constituency was upset with se-
(Continued on page 6)
Apartheid resolution passed
Senate asks for complete divestment
By Tania Soussan
Staff Writer
The Student Senate passed a resolution last Wednesday night, calling for complete divestment from all companies that "profit from. . .apartheid," despite charges that it had already passed similar resolutions in the past.
The resolution, which "calls for and supports complete divestment by the university from all companies. . .that directly or indirectly profit from the oppressive practice of apartheid," passed with 11 votes in favor, 3 against with 8 abstentions.
Sponsoring senators felt that the resolution was needed to bring the issue out and establish a clear policy for the senate to work from. Opponents believed that following up on past resolutions, which they claim made similar statements, would be more productive.
Lilly Araya, a student community senator, called the resolution "a bridge between what has been done in the past and what will be done in the future" and said she supported it because she "knew it was going to get senate riled up enough (to prompt action), like it did Wednesday."
"There have been resolutions,
but none of them said to divest," said Phil Clement, senator and chairman of the senate's South African Task Force.
However, Mark Decker, one of the three senators who voted against it, said, 'The problem
with the resolution was that it made a statement we had made in the past.
"When you pass another resolution saying the exact same thing, it's like you're spinning (Continued on page 10)
Apartheid protesters holding a study-in In “Tutu Hall” — as Bovard was renamed — last spring. One year later, the Student Senate has passed a resolution officially endorsing divestment of South African holdings.